Population sizes, site fidelity and residence patterns of Australian snubfin and Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins: Implications for conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-180

  Parra, Guido J ^a,b   Corkeron, Peter J ^a,c   Marsh, Helene ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CRC Reef Research Centre Ltd   (Australia)

^c Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Marine mammals; Movement patterns; Orcaella heinsohni; Population size; Sousa chinensis

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MOVEMENT; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; SITE FIDELITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CLEVELAND BAY; QUEENSLAND;

MAMMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; ORCAELLA; ORCAELLA HEINSOHNI; SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 31444454769     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.10.031     Document Type: Article

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